2010-02-09
Original: 2010-02-09 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Narration (the speaker recounting their story): MY DAD IS A POLITICIAN AND MY MOM IS AN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST.
Panel 1 shows a blond man in a suit holding a baby; beside him a gray-haired woman reads a green book titled CHILD ANATOMY.
Narration: SO I'VE HAD ACCESS TO A LOT OF SOLID ADVICE OVER THE YEARS.
The woman (mom): PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS!
The blond man (dad) grimaces while the woman smiles.
Narration: BUT I'M NEVER GONNA TAKE THEIR DATING TIPS AGAIN
The dad, now older with reddish-brown hair and a flag pin on his collar, raises a fist enthusiastically: I LOVE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! AND I HAVE STRONG SPERM! SO MUCH MIGHTY SPERM!
In the foreground, the back of a person's head (the narrator) faces him.
Votey:
The dad asks: DID YOU MAKE EYE CONTACT?
The narrator (off-panel speech bubble): THAT MADE IT WORSE, DAD.
Panel 1 shows a blond man in a suit holding a baby; beside him a gray-haired woman reads a green book titled CHILD ANATOMY.
Narration: SO I'VE HAD ACCESS TO A LOT OF SOLID ADVICE OVER THE YEARS.
The woman (mom): PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS!
The blond man (dad) grimaces while the woman smiles.
Narration: BUT I'M NEVER GONNA TAKE THEIR DATING TIPS AGAIN
The dad, now older with reddish-brown hair and a flag pin on his collar, raises a fist enthusiastically: I LOVE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! AND I HAVE STRONG SPERM! SO MUCH MIGHTY SPERM!
In the foreground, the back of a person's head (the narrator) faces him.
Votey:
The dad asks: DID YOU MAKE EYE CONTACT?
The narrator (off-panel speech bubble): THAT MADE IT WORSE, DAD.
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic narrated by a person recalling dating advice from their parents. Narration: "My dad is a politician and my mom is an evolutionary biologist." Panel one shows a blond man in a suit cradling a baby while a gray-haired woman reads a green book titled CHILD ANATOMY. Narration: "So I've had access to a lot of solid advice over the years." The woman cheerfully declares "People are animals!" while the man grimaces. Narration: "But I'm never gonna take their dating tips again." The now-older dad, with a flag pin on his collar, pumps his fist and shouts to the narrator (seen from behind), "I love the United States of America! And I have strong sperm! So much mighty sperm!" Votey aftercomic: a close-up of the dad asking, "Did you make eye contact?" The narrator replies, "That made it worse, Dad." The joke is that the politician dad's idea of a romantic pickup line is patriotic boasting about his sperm.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.